[members-discuss] Proposal for New RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model

Hi Nigel, RIPE members,

I for one welcome the proposals put forth below. I've never been happy
about resource-age being a factor as I feel it plays unfairly against
new entrants. Removing non inet(6)num resources from category charging
is also to be welcomed.

I guess some more meat with regards to the "self-declaration" will come
in time from the RIPE membership. In particular, how will additional
resources from allocations, or mergers & acquisitions, be admitted if
these could affect the "fair" membership category, during the charging
year?

Kind regards
Jamie Stallwood

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-----Original Message-----
From: members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net
[mailto:members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Nigel Titley
Sent: 09 July 2012 14:23
To: members-discuss at ripe.net
Cc: exec-board at ripe.net
Subject: [members-discuss] Proposal for New RIPE NCC Charging Scheme
Model

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been much discussion about the RIPE NCC
Charging Scheme. The RIPE NCC Executive Board welcomes this feedback and
has followed the discussion on the members-discuss mailing list and at
RIPE NCC General Meetings. A Charging Scheme Task Force was established
with representatives from different membership categories, as well as
members of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and RIPE NCC staff, in order to
provide recommendations for updating the Charging Scheme model.

In response to the feedback from members and the Charging Scheme Task
Force, the RIPE NCC Executive Board has developed a proposal for a new
Charging Scheme model. In very broad terms, this model creates a
simplified fee structure where the majority of members pay the same fee.

The income derived from these membership fees covers the majority of the
RIPE NCC's operational costs.

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